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United States Patent | 5,350,164 |
Coombs | September 27, 1994 |
A pivoted bin sorter has a stapler for finishing sets of sheets in the bin trays and a jogger operated by a camming action of the trays as the trays are moved from a position in which sheets are deposited in the trays to a position above the sheet receiving position. The camming action is caused by a cam projection on the jogger which engages a side edge of a slot in the trays as the trays are moved relative to the jogger. The jogger moves the sheets laterally of the direction of sheet movement into the trays against a registration surface opposed to the jogger. The registration edge is a vertical surface provided by a wall of the frame structure at the opposite side of the trays from the jogger. During upward movement of the trays, the stapler is moved to a stapling position and displaces the sets of sheets in trays above the sheet inlet position in the direction of sheet infeed.
Inventors: | Coombs; Peter M. (Tustin, CA) |
Assignee: | Gradco (Japan) Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 889633 |
Filed: | May 28, 1992 |
Current U.S. Class: | 270/58.08; 271/221 |
Intern'l Class: | B42B 002/00; B65H 031/36 |
Field of Search: | 271/221,222,293,294 270/53,58 |
4397461 | Aug., 1983 | DuBois et al. | 271/293. |
4687191 | Aug., 1987 | Stemmle | 270/53. |
5193801 | Mar., 1993 | Coombs et al. | 271/293. |